Ntsiki Mazwai speaks on the violent and criminal end of Global Citizen concert
Ntsiki Mazwai speaks on the violent and criminal end of Global Citizen concert. It is no secret that there are very few things that Ntsiki Mazwai is happy about so it came as no surprise that her timeline was filled with Global Citizen vitriol in the weeks leading up to the concert and increasingly over the past 48 hours.
The poet expressed her glee over the violent and criminal end to the Global Citizen concert. The free concert, hosted by The Motsepe Foundation in conjunction with a number of sponsors and other foundations finally took place yesterday.
It has been trending all morning for the violent and criminal chaos that the event descended into after the concert ended.
Concert-goers have taken to social media to share their stories of being mugged, threatened with weapons, escaping rape and being extorted in order to access things like safe transport.
https://twitter.com/tebogogxubane/status/1069437265686999040
I've never felt so helpless like I did this morning. Holding on to my little sister wondering what I was gonna tell my parents if anything had happened to her.
Broke down as soon as we got into safe transport. This is crazy, I think a lot of us are going to need counseling
— Zweli Mbhele (@TheZweli) December 3, 2018
Mass muggings, basically a proper crime spree in the presence of police. The worst experience, everyone was so sacred.
— Dolly (@AkhonkeChutu) December 3, 2018
While the country has rallied behind those who fell prey to criminal elements, Mazwai took to Twitter to rejoice over the crime.
Her reasons?
Mazwai claims to be motivated by the Robin Hood nature of it all as she believes the concert was anti-poor and assumes that it was the poor who perpetrated the crimes after the concert.
https://twitter.com/ntsikimazwai/status/1069464835665080320
I don't really care about the safety of the rich to be honest…..
— MissNtsikiMazwai (@ntsikimazwai) December 2, 2018
Mazwai has condemned those who took action as part of the Global Citizen initiative which saw thousands of people use the app to take action as instructed by Global Citizen in an effort to earn points towards the various ticket draws held over the last few months.
it is dangerous to accept gifts that other children don't get……..next time you will stand with the ones affected. Sorry about your phones but tonight some black families will eat with meat on the plate.
— MissNtsikiMazwai (@ntsikimazwai) December 3, 2018
She went on to state that people deserved to be robbed for daring to enjoy the tickets they earned.
The concept of this concert was evil, ugly and excluded most people. You deserved to get robbed for spitting in the faces of the poor. Then u put the show near the poor- aninyi perhaps?
— MissNtsikiMazwai (@ntsikimazwai) December 3, 2018
Here you have a concert on your own land that excludes you and you are giving it an applause? How mentally damaged are you from a scale of 1-10 guys?
— MissNtsikiMazwai (@ntsikimazwai) December 2, 2018
— MissNtsikiMazwai (@ntsikimazwai) December 3, 2018
he went on to allege that the proverbial “they” advertised that the rich are going to a concert and that this set them up for what happened to them after the concert was over.
True. But yesterday was a set up- they advertised that the rich are going to a concert…… https://t.co/VW7qzjm5Po
— MissNtsikiMazwai (@ntsikimazwai) December 3, 2018
Her assertions were met with strong criticism as many believe crime is not justifiable.
People deserved to be robbed?? Wow sisi
— Khanyisile (@ke_Khanyi) December 3, 2018
